Sunday update: Kelly says Ducks “understand task at hand”

The Ducks were inside the Moshofsky Center late this morning for a practice in full pads as they continue gearing up for the Rose Bowl.

"Today was Tuesday for us," UO coach Chip Kelly said of the team's current practice schedule. "So same things as we normally do on a Tuesday. From a practice standpoint, the periods are the same."

Without a game at the end of the week, I asked whether there was perhaps more hitting than usual. There wasn't.

"We hit the same we always hit," Kelly said. "We're in full pads, same way we always practice on a Tuesday."

Asked about his team's focus right now, a little over two weeks out from the Pac-12 title game and with two more weeks left before they play another game, Kelly said that "they understand the task at hand."

"It's been really good," Kelly said. "Really, really good. It was great last week, and continued, we gave them three days off and came back on Friday."

From a personnel standpoint, I didn't get to see everybody as they walked out of the Mo, but running back Tra Carson was not in pads with the rest of the team. He did not suit up for the Pac-12 title game, and some readers have said they saw him favoring a shoulder injury late in the Civil War.